HISTORY EXAMPLES

Roman Empire: Some of the forms that Rome has used to maintain their own empire are instrucuate. Instrucafre, roads are key for military, if u dont have roads u cant conquer large territories, if u do have roads, u can send your troops to far flung areas. Good for communication, they foster trade and they integrate the regions into one unit, especially one economic empire/market. Another kind of infastructure is the aqueducts, the aqueducts carried water from where it was to where it was needed. It increased crop production, it was useful for being able to increase agriculture in farther regions. Administrative and political power, we’ve seen examples of persia that had administrative and political techniques in their empire. In the roman case, using local elites as officials and roman law, a unified legal system. We’ve seen other empires impose unified laws (Chang). The roman laws applied all over the empire and bits of roman law are still visible in a lot of western/european laws. Military power is separate from political/administrative power. China had administrative power but they did not rely on the military. Rome relied on the military, it’s one of the big appeals of the roman empire for men/ideas of masculinity. The military is important for patrolling the borders,working on instructure. 

Mauryan Empire: They created a unified, administrative structure. They developed trade and roads and they had tax collection as well. The most famous emperor was Asoka. They started off as being a military based king, then he changed his heart and became a buddhist and converted all of his people to become buddhism. He made India into a buddhist country. The decline came because of the cost of the large territory, maintaining a large army and trying to govern separate regional kingdoms.

Kushan Empire: Another Nomadic people who conquered the northwest edge of India. The Kushans facilitated travel and trade, they welcomed everybody to trade in their empire (fostered cultural exchange and cultural mixings) they also contributed to Gandharan Art and Culture.